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"...but perhaps it has made us lose sight of the unity that underlies it": I disagree. Aristotle sought the universal, but to reach it he had to analyze the possible particular cases and discover what is truly COMMON among them beyond their differences (which are still maintained). Unity is created when I find that minimal common denominator that connects multiple subjects and things, but to do this I must break down those barriers of space, time, character, intellect, and especially morals that keep me chained... only then can I have an empathetic relationship with the world or even with a single person. Perhaps Pasolini was trying to tell us this as well...

...it is not in contrast with Eastern philosophy: simply, Aristotelian logic begins its inquiry from a different plane and sees it from a perspective that may be closer to us. Instead of talking about spirit or the divine, he speaks of soul and being. While Eastern colleagues start from God (or whoever represents him) to search for his various manifestations in the earthly world of men, Aristotle does exactly the opposite, starting first from our physical world to then arrive at the metaphysical (and it is no coincidence that in the progression of the work of the Greek philosopher, there is first Physics and then Metaphysics). If we really want to be precise, it is Plato who is the more "mystical" of the two and closer to a certain way of philosophizing... but this does not change the fact that for Aristotle, discussing essence is like discussing the divine spirit: that thing, the quid, which is absolutely internal and which, to discover and understand, one must go beyond the appearances of matter. This is exactly what contemporary physics, and quantum physics in particular, aims to do ;)

I haven't seen the film, like many other works by Pasolini, but the review is really excellent and piqued my curiosity quite a bit since the theme addressed is of great interest to me. I would like to share my opinion, if I may: I agree with the concept of tolerance emphasized by Alessio. In my opinion, the commonly understood tolerance is a first step that must be surpassed in order to reach the COMPREHENSION of the other...only by understanding things can I respect them for what they are. And it is this, Zaireeka, that Aristotle wants to convey with his categories. To have knowledge of nature, for Plato and Aristotle, means to grasp its essence, that is, to investigate the being of the things that constitute the world (in Greek "ousia" - essence derives from "being"). However, be mindful that when we talk about science, we shouldn't understand it in a modern sense: for Aristotle, it means understanding "what is of a thing"...his categories do not trap anything, but serve exclusively to logically construct human knowledge (as far as possible), starting from the particular to reach the universal. His philosophy does not, in fact, engulf the world, but rather investigates it with full respect for it (unlike Hegel, as Rikardo pointed out). As for the rest, I agree: words like "conformism" and "anticomformism" are empty and useless; and what is absolute freedom if not pure utopia, an idea???

Baduizm for life, but this is fantastic too. What do you think about her latest release?

Now I understand why everyone who plays visual kei (a musical genre and phenomenon completely unknown to me) has such an androgynous and ambiguous appearance: they refer to the ideal of feminine beauty in a totalizing way... a very extreme principle, and as such artificial and unnatural in my opinion. And, from what can be inferred from the review and what the Vidoll play, this aspect of ambivalence, contradiction, and relativity is reflected in the music. Great review for its proposals and points of reflection ;)

Great you and them

Well, now you have to explain where you found it...

Debaser: reviews written by those who want to (and how they want, I would add... as long as they are well-written and with a sense of purpose). If this is a site for failed poets, what are the so-called great reviewers doing here? Did they want to set their pen on other shores?

Oh, are you sure you didn't forget any other genre???

Never felt. In my opinion, a great review ;)